Baseball

Alexander Cartwright is thought to have "invented" baseball in Hoboken, New Jersey at Elysian Fields in June 1845, when the first "game" was played. He was a fireman, and died in 1892 in Hawaii.

First of all, you are confusing the terms national league and American league used in baseball with football. Replace the word league with football. NFL has the National Football Conference and American Football Conference. There really is no difference, the difference is very similar to the differences between the American League and National League in baseball. Both Conferences are at the same level of play, play for the world championship with one team represting each (league in baseball, conference in football) in the final round of the playoffs, and in both baseball and football, each team plays the majority of games in their own (league in baseball, conference in football), but still plays a few of their games against teams from the other league or conference. These conferences were created after the NFL merged with a competing top-level league in 1970, the AFL (American Football League). All teams in the NFC are either expansion teams created after the merger, or were in the NFL before the merger. In the AFC, three teams that were in the NFL moved to the AFC the year of the merger so both conferences would have the same number of teams. Other than those three teams, all AFC teams were in the AFL or are expansion teams created after the merger.

122 different players have had a total of 295 40-HR seasons.

Different distances were experimented with in order to find the optimal distance. The current distance has been proven to be perfect for giving pitchers and hitters no unfair advantage over eachother.

Babe Ruth was the first New York Yankee to wear the number 3. Babe batted third for the New York Yankees, and when they first started to use numbers they handed them out as you batted in the line up. Other Yankees that wore the number 3 included George Selkirk (1935-1942), Bud Metheny (1943-1946), Roy Weatherly (1946), Ed Bockman (1946), Allie Clark(1947), and Cliff Mapes (1948). Babe Ruth's number 3 was retired by the Yankees in 1948.

the right number of hot dogs eaten at major league baseball games in one season is about 24,300,000.

first of all that is not how you write a question. now i will answer it. Michael Jordon got famous because he is the best basketball player in the world. now i suppose you want me to tell you how he got good at basketball?okay i will tell you. he kept training at home and at the park.now you want me to tell you which park did he go to?okay i will answer that. ahem i dont know so get lost!

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Jackie Robinson played 10 full seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers, from 1947 to 1956. He won a batting title (1949), and was named the National League's Rookie of the Year (1947) and Most Valuable Player (1949). He appeared in six World Series, all of them against the New York Yankees (1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956). The Dodgers won their only world championship in Brooklyn in 1955. After his retirement, Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility.

Hitting for the cycle and hitting a no-hitter are equally rare, sitting at 0.001139 51.73%

There are many New York Yankees that played with both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris on the same team. Mantle and Maris played together from 1960 -1966. You could visit BaseballAlmanac.co to see the rosters for each year. Some of the great players that played with the M&M boys included Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson, Elston Howard, Mel Stottlemyre and even Bobby Murcer made an aperance with the two.

5 - Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Alfonso Soriano, Don Mattingly, Steve Sax

Pitching distance for 12 year olds in organized youth bb is approx 46 ft. I would think there is a better answer for that question. Probably close to the 55-65 mph range?? Impove: As a former pitcher, I learned more and more about pitching as my skills and mind matured. For youth players, it shouldn't really matter how fast a player throws, however if that player has developed control and the ability to change speeds. Yes, 55-65 MPH may be a good bar to set, but keep in mind the pitchers like Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Jamie Moyer. None of these guys even on a good day would top 90mph on a fastball. The three gentlemen mentioned have outstanding control, and great ability to change speeds. Velocity is an overrated thing. Hit your spots, throw strikes, and get outs. That equals wins.

The San Antonio Missions baseball club. They play in the Texas League and are the AA affliate of the San Diego Padres.

Don't know if it's "officially" the closest, but in the striked shortened 1981 season, the Phillies' Mike Schmidt led the National League with 31 HR, 91 RBI and finished 3rd in the batting race with a .316 average. Albert Pujols is close in 2010. He's leading the league in homers and RBI and only .04 behind Joey Votto in the batting race.

Another close one was Dick Allen for the White Sox in 1972: 1st in HRs and RBIs, third in BA behind Rod Carew (.318 to .308)

pitchers may not switch throwing hands in the middle of an at bat. they may switch from hitter to hitter however There is nothing I have found in the MLB rules that states a pitcher cannot switch throwing hands when facing a single batter. Maybe someone can point out the specific rule that states what the above answerer says is factual? There is no rule in the official baseball scores that say a pitcher cannot change his hands. However, just as a batter cannot switch while the pitcher is on the rubber, so too can the pitcher not switch while on the rubber, as that would be an illegal motion while in the set position and be considered a balk (with runners on) or a ball (with bases empty).

Mr. October was the Yankee great, Reggie Jackson
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The Yankees don't have a mascot currently, but they once had a mascot named Dandy.

As found on Wikipedia: = Dandy (mascot) = === From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia === Dandy was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1980 and 1985. He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that gave him an appearance similar to that of former Yankee pitcher Sparky Lyle. His name was a play on the classic American folk song "Yankee Doodle Dandy." In the upper deck area of Yankee Stadium, to which Dandy was confined by upset Yankees management, Dandy was beaten up by fans who didn't want a mascot. George Steinbrenner in 1998 claimed he "had no recollection" of Dandy as a mascot. Along with this experiment, the Yankees briefly had mascots resembling ballpark food (plus Yankees hats on top) during the mid-1990s. Outside of these two occasions, the Yankees have not had an official mascot or cheerleading squad roam the stands or perform on the field. Unofficial mascots have included a squirrel that Terry Kidder of the New York Times nicknamed "Right Field Ratatosk" after it was seen on the right field foul pole in late 2007.

In a season by a player? Wee Willie Keeler, who hit 0 HR and scored 145 runs in 1897

In a game, by one team? Since 1954, the most is 20, by the Angels against the Rangers, 6/29/95

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Danny Tartabull in the 3rd inning off Bob Milacki 2 on 1 out on Friday, June 19, 1992

Leroy Satchel Paige's life time Major League record was 28 wins, 31 losses and 32 saves with a 3.29 ERA. He played two seasons with the Cleveland Indians (1948 & 1949), three seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1951 to 1953) and, after a retirement of some 11 years, he returned briefly in 1965 with the Kansas City Athletics where his record was 0-0. He was reportedly 58 years old then.

You Can`t. Although It Would Be Possible To To Score By Only Touching The Plate. Not Crossing It. But Remember You Have To Tag First, Second And Third. Best To You

It was Jerry Robinson. He and his wife Mallie had five children, and Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the youngest, born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. Jerry Robinson eventually abandoned his family and they never heard from him again. Jackie Robinson once wrote: "To this day I have no idea what became of my father. Later, when I became aware of how much my mother had to endure alone, I could only think of him with bitterness. He, too, may have been a victim of oppression, but he had no right to desert my mother and five children."